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No. 380,290. Patented Mar. 27, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN A. KELLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF TO M. J. MGOORMAGK, OF SAME PLACE.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,290, dated March 27, 1888.

Application filed July :25, 1887. Serial No. 245,215. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. KELLY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in making shoes; and it consists in the various details of construction, as herein I described and claimed, whereby the foot of the wearer is protected from the disagreeable effect of contact with the nails which join the sole to the upper, and also from the similar effects of the lasting-nails.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of one of my improved inner soles having a scarf or slit, B, cut in its upper surface. Fig. 2 is a crosssection of Fig. 1 in line a: m. Fig. 3 is a similar cross-section showing the upper lasted to the insole and the stitches which join the sole and upper. Fig. 4 is a plan View of my improved lasting plate or sole.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

A is the insole, and the scarf or slit B is cut with a sharp knife from within toward the outer edge, leaving sufficient leather to hold the stitches D D. (Shown in Fig. 3.)

E E are slits to admit the insertion of the lasting-sole F.

In making nailed or pegged boots or shoes I proceed as follows: I first out the scarf or slit B in the upper side of the insoles, cutting incisions or slits at E E for enabling me to turn the edge of the scarf or slit up, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3. I then insert the metal lasting-sole F into the slit or scarf B and place the two on the last, with the metal sole lying next to the last, it being noticed that the said sole F extends from the toe to the heel of the inner sole, covering the center portion of the same. I now proceed to last in the usual manner, either with nails or stitches. If with nails, they will as driven in be clinched on the metal sole F. I then peg or nail the outer sole in place, remove thelast and metal sole, and turn down the scarf or slit into place, having first coated it with some adherent substance, as glue. This leaves a smooth interior insole.

In making sewed shoes the same steps are followed as to lasting when nails are used. If lasted by stitching, of course the metal sole may be left out. The last is then removed and the sole sewed either by hand or'machine, the stitches passing from without through the upper into the insole and slit or scarf B. The scarf or slit is then turned down and sealed, as before, and the shoe is completed.

I have not shown the outer sole; but it is obvious how the operation of either sewing or pegging would be effected, as seen in Fig. 3. It will also be understood that this application is entirely applicable to boots and gaiters as well as shoes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The improvement in making shoes, consisting in cutting a channel on the inner sole concentric with the edges thereof and extending toward and near the outer edge, cutting slits in the flaps of said channel, inserting a clinching-plate extending from the heel to the toe of said sole in said channel, then placing said sole with its channeled face next to the last, and then securing the outer sole and upper to said inner sole by nails or pegs without removing the same from the last, substantially as described.

JOHN A. KELLY.

Witnesses:

A. 1?. JENNINGS, JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM. 

